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Chiang mai. More a whole house and garden refurb.. House will be near gutted, the layout is nice but I want a different level of finish, ceilings, tiling, kitchen, bathrooms, electric and lighting.. Been seeking a source of bullnose tiles.. Want to deck around the pool but dont like the 'wood to the edge' solution

Yes now its my pool (we rented this house previously) theres a lot that is going to get refurbished including a full new piping system and pump room and a salt system. Thats for later in the year tho and will be with garden landscape, pool surrounds / deck / hardscape beds and planting, sala and a bunch of other expenditure..

I put in a bucket and a bit of PH+ powder (that is soda ash I believe) without noticeable result.. Then I found the 'super PH+' liquid which the local shop assured me was way stronger and to only use a bit.. Day by day added 1l of that that until a whole bottle used and still no change (possibly a reduction in measured chlorine) I can detect, I even suspected the new lazada pool test kit might be useless but bought new phenyl red and its same. While I was away for a couple of months I had a 'professional' company doing it, something I have not used in years as I had staff or wasn't away long, turns out they just vacuumed and dropped a chlorine tablet and didnt check anything (I suspect they didnt backwash also). So a little less impressed by the professional shop efforts. It was my return and discovery of that which I found the PH so low and I have been trying to increase it. Previously low PH was always solved with a bit of soda ash, this time doesnt seem to want to come back up.

Yeah thats not on my list.. I dont have any way of aerating the water..

Went a while without really testing the pool much, just a chlorine tab or two a week over cold season.. Pool stays clean crystal clear and appearing normal. Restocked a test kit a week ago and the PH was way down yellow and not pinkish at all on the scale. Added some PH+.. test results only seem to get more yellow.. Repeat.. same.. Picked up some of the liquid 'super PH+' which I understand is much more concentrated.. Have been adding daily and a whole bottle has done nothing to change the PH test result. Water has even picked up some cloudyness today. The chlorine level seems to have dropped in last 2 days also as I have been adding super PH+ I even doubted the text kit was maybe old chemicals or something but just bought refills and the result is the same. If anything I would say its getting more orange than gaining any pinkishness. I only have a simple test kit, no strips or more advanced testing.

google voice gives you a phone number.. Many people choose to redirect or port thier number over to GV service, to retain thier own number ongoing, but GV gives you one. I havent had a chance to use USA GV with SMS functions, I set up a UK GV which I use daily and really like, it can integrate into the android dailer and be near seamless, but we dont get messaging on GV in the other countries it can be obtained.

Thai press has some graphic details..

https://www.psypost.org/therapists-report-significant-psychological-risks-in-psilocybin-assisted-treatments/ And this is why the medical systems of Therapy need to be approached very carefully. There ARE huge potential benefits to carefully done and managed psychedlic therapy's.. There are also large risks and potential harms with a badly managed process.

USA folks can link a google voice and get free SMS inbounds.. You need a USA regsitered google account and then add voice and link. ROW has a harder appoach.. I have done it on a corporate level with SIP phone systems but it was a complex setup.. Guys like xpatphone (UK only maybe) powered by devyce ( https://devyce.com/ ) wrap it in a neat wrapper but the app based SMS reception is kinda meh.

It became MUCH harder a couple of years ago for the fully legal route. There was a national freeze on legal permit issueance from the min of interior IIRC.

Theres legally, which used to be possible but now much harder and then there is 'tolerated' where the police know and often assist procuring it for a fee, and you have the 'nod' that its ok but dont show it.. Then finally theres fully illigitimate. I have had multiple mates over the years with the first 2 options.. 1 fully legal, license issued and legal imported new gun all done by the police.

Really.. Do you think that is the hard part ?

Already hold orgs but the good ones are gone.. After telling me I couldnt.. Ended up getting it registered with the same company that initially said the rules incorrectly. Took a few days but done. Just yet more.. no / maybe / yes lack of clarity.. But anyway, pushing back on the no turned it into a yes.

I thought you were referring to '2rai of land on my road just got sold to 2 young men who say they will be growing mushrooms' so 2 rai being used to commercially grow cubensus mushrooms related to this topic. I hope to be allowed to a meeting between the Herbal clinic owners and the Chiang Mai MoPH on monday. From what my Clinic owning friend says she thinks this new law is the subject and reason why a group meeting is being called. If I am allowed to join, the issue of 'where' clinics are supposed to obtain thier Schedule 5 narcotics and if clinics can grow thier own product (what security and storage rules etc) will be a large part of what I am trying to determine. There is precident for that being the case as registered clinics can prepare thier own cannabis oil / concentrate for sale from thier own premesis with FDA concent. My Clinic owning friend makes her own brand of extracted oil, which is also a schedule 5 narcotic, and can prescibe it all in house, which would appear to be like for like comparisons.

My current plan which I feel is fairly strong. Everyones plan will be different for thier needs. I have an Irish income that HAS to be taxed at source (directors salary) so that one I have is pre taxed and covered under a DTA. That I can spend and easily justify and is play money. I wont declare it as I am sure it is legally correct and I have the tax return and DTA archived. Other funds for household costs I send to the wife and she already manages our household bills and cashflow. Thats gift if asked and again correct she is spending it on her and her house. Any investments are covered by my Jan 1 savings, with statements archived 'just in case' for a couple 100k GBP. Theres another 6 rai I have my eye on and that would manage that without going over. Long term LTR visa but thats later.

'Check the actual legal situation' The issue I am finding is, there doesnt appear to be actual clarity!! in.th is for individuals, there is no apparent restriction on the nationality of individuals.. Even the registrar who denied me is now humming and haa'ing on if a Pink ID / Yellow book suffices.. And they are incharge of the process !! Once again the rules seem to be yes / no / maybe.. I already grabbed a .asia which can do.. But would prefer an in.th and and long term may even warrant an or.th but not there yet.

First 2 registrars I have attempted both claim I need a work permit. I have found ones which dont seem to require this but want 80 usd instead of 360 baht !! Can anyone confirm if a work permit is a genuine requirement, when a yellow house book can be presented ?? Or can provide a registrar for reasonable money (1000b ??) that will offer an in.th domain to a non Thai with Pink ID, Yellow Book, etc.

Isnt that saying exactly what I said ?? The rules are now technically in force, however we have no actual idea how those rules will really be enforced or implemented given the complex nature of overseas income streams, DTAs, past taxation liabilities, etc. In reality we do not know if any actual enforcement of the process at all will be attempted next year. What specifically did I claim that you feel is not correct ?

Yaba daba dont !!

No we dont. Until next year when the first of these tax returns will be due, we have no idea how intently the Thai Revenue will attempt to pursue non Thais over 2024 remittances. We have no idea if.. they will demand proof that inbound remittances were prior saved before Jan 1. how they will treat provable offshore savings from Jan 1 2024 over the following years / drawdowns. what the levels of proof that this may be, the denial of comingled future assets, the chain of custody of funds implications. they will demand proof that inbound remittances have been tax paid elsewhere. they will accept that tax paid elsewhere (incorrectly) is allowed as a credit here. they demand that tax incorrectly paid elsewhere is reclaimed under DTA and remitted here. even the most basic of 'need to file' is debatable if a liability is uncertain, and almost all non Thais incomes would be in the uncertain category. The potential for this to all fall into the 'too hard to administer' basket, when only 4m out of 67m Thais even pay income tax, especially at first, is IMO quite large. Over time, as the systems become more developed, I am sure filing will be more common and I am sure some expats will even opt to pay here as it can save them taxes in other places. But pretending that this has happened already or that we know how the varous local revenues will seek to enforce this is simply false. Until next years filing deadlines, no one really knows what they will do in practice. Be prepared, have answers and a plan but dont be too panic'ed by it would be my position.

Cubensus mushrooms are grown in a controlled indoor environment, its a factory looking space not a garden.

But in that case it became descheduled so it had no controls at all. In this case they have redefined who can prescribe, namely the system of Thai Traditional Medicine and the registered Herbalist Dr's which is a totally different form of control. The problem I have is that the people charged with handling this, seem utterly clueless in the responsibility they have been given.

Primarily for harm reduction. People have challenging experiences, and in extreme cases those challenging experiences can mentally scar the person long term and create trauma. The goal of therputic work is to be able to process and deal with the things those challenging experiences bring up, and allow the person to change how they think about the issues they have often supressed. Establishing a safe trusting space and being a calming understanding presence through the experience is very often all that is needed to ensure that a small moment of panic doesnt spiral into a larger more damaging meltdown. Also by ensuring a safe uninterupted environment you reduce external triggers and stimulus which can cause that initial thought pattern. The goal of ensuring patient safety and maximising the potential positives of the experience is what 'guides and sitters' can do. Of course the more mental baggage a participant has that they are seeking to address, the more risk of those issues surfacing and being part of that challenging experience. Current theorys on the mechanisms of how this works, via the dissolution of the default mode network and the neuroplasticity that psychedelic experiences appear to generate are less important personally than the fact that this does measurably seem to happen. The use of psychedelics as tools for self improvement, even on basic things like 'I needs to improve my diet / fitness / health' or for people trying to reduce drinking or smoking. Evidence is showing there is no better tool for habit modulation, but they do come with risk and that risk is what needs cautious management. If Thailand goes the route it is apparently going, where mushrooms will be dispensed by Herbal Drs with zero knowledge or understanding, then patient harm and negative experiences will happen at a far greater ratio than they need to. Guidelines for beneficial use and guidance, as well as direct personal experience of what the patient may be going through is totally lacking in the Thai Traditional Medicine system that is now allowed to prescribe them. Thailand doesnt really have much indigenous or cultural use, there are not really Shamans to speak of like in S America where this is culturally understood. My experiences this last 2 weeks is the medical, psychiatric, and herbalist community have a near zero understand of what these do, others than 'mao' of some form.

Provide a Thai tax number and or Thai tax return. Not hard. Almost all UK retirees resident here should not be paying taxes back to the UK on their pensions. The 'I pay my taxes back there' or 'its protected by my DTA' is miss informed and should be corrected when posted. That isnt how it 'should' be. How Thailand treats this is open to interpretation, they may accept it, it may have tax credits, or it may require claiming it back from the UK. Thats the level of detail we do not yet have.

Both of those are on many download sites and really deserve watching, both very powerful documentaries.